In News The mutually agreed boundary issues between India and Nepal can always be addressed in the spirit of close and bilateral relations between the two countries, said the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu. About Boundary dispute points: The Lipulekh pass is a far western point near Kalapani, a border area between Nepal and India. Both […]

In News  Recently, the Union Minister of   Culture announced that a 10th century stone idol of Goat Head Yogini is being returned to India.   It had been illegally removed sometime in the 1980s from a temple in Lokhari, Banda, Uttar Pradesh. About  The sculpture is of a goat-headed Yogini that originally belonged to a […]

In News  Recently, The Ministry of Textiles cleared 20 strategic research projects worth INR 30 crores in the areas of Specialty fibres and Geotextiles under the Flagship Programme ‘National Technical Textiles Mission.’  About ‘National Technical Textiles Mission.’ It was launched by the Ministry of Textiles. Period: 4 years (2020-21 to 2023-24)  Outlay: Rs. 1480 crores.  […]

In News  The postponement of the Assembly elections in Punjab to February 20 underlines the importance of the Ravidassia community in the state.  Image Courtesy:IE   Who are the Ravidassias? The Ravidassias are a Dalit community of whom the bulk — nearly 12 lakhs — live in the Doaba region.  The Dera Sachkhand Ballan, their […]

In News Motion of some stars holds clue of dark matter shape in barred galaxies. About Dark matter: It is a hypothetical form of matter thought to account for approximately 85% of the matter in the universe. It forms the skeleton on which galaxies form, evolve, and merge. Various astrophysical observations including gravitational effects: that […]

The Hindu Subject Pg No Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 2   1   India helping the world deal with pandemic: PM (IR) What are the major takeaways from the World Economic Forum’s Davos Agenda 2022 summit?  GS 2 3 Need more time to decide stand on marital rape, Centre tells HC (Polity […]

Indian Express Subject  Pg No  Headlines Relevance for Prelims and Mains   GS 2 1   Best time to invest in India, multilateral institutions need reforms (IR) Major takeaways from the World Economic Forum’s online Davos Agenda 2022 summit. GS 1 1 Kathak doyen who embodied virtuosity and expression, grace and control  (Art and Culture) Learn […]

In Context  The concept of Web3 used to describe a potential next phase of the internet, created quite a buzz in 2021.  Earlier versions  Web 1.0  It is the worldwide web or the internet that was invented in 1989.  It became popular in 1993. The internet in the Web 1.0 days was mostly static web […]

In Context  The Recent study explains the existence of organic compounds on the surface of Meteorite ALH 84001. About Alan Hills (ALH) 84001 It was found during a snowmobile ride in December 1984, in the Far Western Icefield of Allan Hills in Antarctica by a US meteorite hunting expedition. At the time of its discovery, […]

In News The Union Minister of State Science & Technology said that “Purple Revolution” is Jammu & Kashmir’s contribution to “Start-ups India”, an initiative that was launched by the PM in 2016 and today we are observing the first National Start-up Day. About the Aroma mission and the Lavender crop Aroma Mission: launched by the […]